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Live auction - fwo_372056 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I 40 Lire 1809 Milan
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 458 € |
| Maximum bid : | 470 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 18:25:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : 40 Lire
Date: 1809
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 36608
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,91 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux * DIO PROTEGGE L'ITALIA (Dieu protège l'Italie)
Coments on the condition:
La pièce conserve une grande partie de son brillant d’origine
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann
Obverse
Obverse legend : (GRENADE) NAPOLEONE IMPERATORE E RE (MM)// 1809/ M.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Napoléon Ier à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Napoléon empereur et roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA/ 40. LIRE.
Reverse description : Écu écartelé à cinq quartiers : au 1 des États du Pape (Émilie-Romagne), au 2 de Milan, au 3 de Venise, au 4 de Ligurie, au 5 de Savoie-Sardaigne, posé sur le tout un écu d'Italie aux armes de la Couronne de Fer, entouré du collier de la Légion d'Honneur, soutenu par une aigle posée sur un foudre surmonté d'une étoile ; le tout posé sur un manteau couronné, brochant deux hallebardes.
Reverse translation : (Royaume d'Italie).
Commentary
Il existe deux types de tranche pour la 40 lire: en relief ou en creux. La fabrication des espèces débuta par la tranche en relief. Très vite, la tranche inscrite en creux remplaça la tranche inscrite en relief.
There are two types of edges for the 40 lire: raised or intaglio. The production of coins began with the raised edge. Very quickly, the intaglio edge replaced the raised edge.
There are two types of edges for the 40 lire: raised or intaglio. The production of coins began with the raised edge. Very quickly, the intaglio edge replaced the raised edge.
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - NAPOLEON I
(1805-1814)
Napoleon I accepted the crown of Italy on March 17, 1805. After a triumphal entry into Milan on May 8, 1805, Joséphine and he were crowned on May 26 by Cardinal Caprara. As in Paris a few months earlier, Napoleon crowned himself by exclaiming: "God gave it to me, beware whoever touches it". This exclamation will become the motto of the Order of the Iron Crown (cf. TOKENS IV, pp.III-V). The Emperor appointed his son-in-law, Prince Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy and left Milan on June 10, 1805. He returned to Paris on August 1 to join the Boulogne camp. The fate of Italy is now linked to that of France for nine years. At the beginning of January 1814, the defection of Murat, and his alliance with the Austrians then with the English in order to keep his kingdom of Naples, caused Italy to lose. Prince Eugene, despite a heroic defense, cannot prevent the collapse of the kingdom after Mantua falls. On April 6, 1814, Napoleon abdicated..
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